There’s a new No.1 on GAC’s Top 20 Country Countdown this week! Gary Allan takes the No. 1 spot with his latest single, “Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain),” while videos from Taylor Swift, Little Big Town, The Band Perry and Kelly Clarkson with Vince Gill rounding out the Top 5. Lee Brice makes his […] Continue Reading →
Country music stars sure love Twitter! This week, Kelly Clarkson casually hangs out with Beyonce at the Presidential Inauguration, Miranda Lambert finds a couple of friends, Eli Young Band and The Band Perry have ‘productive’ studio sessions and Dierks Bentley is proud of his wife. Here are our picks for this week’s Top 10 Country […] Continue Reading →
Hit the high seas with some of country music’s biggest stars! The Country Music Cruise will launch in early 2014 and sail through the Caribbean with Vince Gill, Kenny Rogers, Larry Gatlin & The Gatlin Brothers, Patty Loveless, Jo Dee Messina, Ronnie Milsap and Restless Heart. Television personality Lorraine Crook will serve as host. “Country […] Continue Reading →
In celebration of Hank Williams Sr.’s, 90th birthday and in honor of the 60th year remembrance of his death, the Hank Williams Estate, overseen by his children Hank Williams Jr. and Jett Williams, will make more than 200 live performance recordings available to movie houses, television production companies and advertising agencies. These rare recordings have […] Continue Reading →
Blake Shelton has been getting heat for some comments he made during GAC’s updated Backstory: Blake Shelton. In the special, Blake discussed his 2010 CMA award for Male Vocalist of the Year and what it meant to him in the context of country music’s evolution. “If I am “Male Vocalist of the Year” that must […] Continue Reading →
Red Simpson, songwriter and Bakersfield Sound architect, will take center stage of the Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum’s quarterly series, Poets and Prophets: Legendary Country Songwriters, which pays tribute to songwriters who have made significant contributions to country music history. Hosted by museum editor Michael Gray, the program will take place February 23 […] Continue Reading →
The Academy of Country Music and dick clark productions will tape an all-star concert special, ACM Presents: Tim McGraw’s Superstar Summer Night, on Monday, April 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The concert will be broadcast at a later date on CBS. Tim will handpick the hottest acts of the summer […] Continue Reading →
Parmalee is going ‘coast to coast’ in support of their new single, “Carolina.” The song’s chorus references Carolina, California and New York City and to premiere the song before it’s released to radio on February 4, they will play three shows in three cities – Raleigh, New York City and San Jose – on Friday, […] Continue Reading →
Carrie Underwood takes on a sinister role in her new video, “Two Black Cadillacs.” Based loosely on Stephen King’s Christine, a novel about a car with a mind of its own, Carrie sports an all black wardrobe, including a fierce pair of heels, smoky eyes and a devilish stare. She slowly drives her Cadillac through […] Continue Reading →
Kenny Chesney will release “Pirate Flag,” the lead single from his upcoming album, on January 31. Written by David Lee Murphy and Ross Copperman, the song is an anthem for the everyman and rebelling on one’s own terms. “No matter where you are, no matter how you live, there is that part of you that […] Continue Reading →
